Flagler County, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Flagler County Code of Ordinances Sec. 21-55 governs vendors, concessions, businesses and itinerant merchants, defined collectively as itinerant merchants (IMs), who sell goods or services at a special event permitted under Chapter 21, Article III. The special-event applicant must obtain an itinerant merchant license (IML) from the county Development Services Department for each IM located on the event property; no two vendors may share a single IML, and each separate itinerant merchant, including each individual food truck or food stand, needs its own license. A person claiming to be an employee of an itinerant merchant rather than an independent operator must prove that status to the county's satisfaction or be classified, and licensed, as a separate itinerant merchant.

Food vendors specifically must also meet every requirement of the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation and must show proof of that state licensing before selling. All other goods or service providers must comply with the Flagler County Code and any Florida Statutes governing those goods or services, and a violation of state law tied to the sale is treated as a violation of this article as well. This licensing duty applies only within the unincorporated area of the county and only in connection with a special event that has already gone through the county's special-events application and planning-meeting process under Sec.

21-54. It is the special-event applicant, not the county, who is responsible for collecting each vendor's IML and submitting copies to the county before sales begin.